Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Emilia Clarke in Han Solo – What Role Will She Play?

A bombshell in Star Wars casting news dropped on Friday with
Emilia Clarke being announced to star in the new young Han Solo movie. As a
huge Game of Thrones fan who loves her portrayal as Daenerys Targaryen, Mother
of Dragons, this casting news is fantastic. She has had a few cinematic misses,
but I think she could be a perfect fit for a galaxy far far away. This leads to
the question of what role should she play in the Han Solo film? Everyone I assume
will jump to her being a love interest for the smuggler, but she might fit more
into an adversarial role.

Clarke can play aristocratic, as seen in Game of Thrones.
Why not have her play an Imperial Captain or Admiral chasing after Han? Kathleen
Kennedy has hinted the film could be a heist movie, and I think Clark could
play a brilliant villain off of Alden Ehrenreich. She could be tasked for
hunting down the people who pulled off the heist. She can be cold and calculating which would
make for a perfect an Imperial. This doesn’t mean she still couldn’t play a
love interest in the film. She could be chasing him down, but also be attracted
to him.

She could also be another smuggler who is working with him,
or she could have just a minor role. I don’t think they would have made a major
announcement if she had a minor role in the film. She is going to be a major
player in the film more than likely. Clarke probably will be a love interest of
some sort. The team could pull from the old legend stories and have her be a
Rebel sympathizer who manipulates Han to help her. This would be another way to
go, and would show why Han is a little jaded at the start of episode four.

There will be much more speculation before the movie comes
out, but I would prefer her be an Imperial who has to chase Han down rather
than a love interest. Whoever she plays, adding talent is always a good thing,
and I’m glad Clarke hasn’t gotten tired of acting in genre movies. I doubt
these are the only offers coming to her, even after the slight misses of
Terminator and Me Before You. She is a star and a good talent and adding her to
the Star Wars universe can’t be seen as a bad move on anyone’s part.